The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-04-06

-Teaehers' Examinations we'll be
held at Balltowu, April 9; Marien.
vile, April 15 Clarington, April IA /;
Whig Hill, April %. Requirements
same as heretofore published.
The sentence of Bush the Elk
county murderer has been commuted
to imprisonment for life. The Pardon
Board recommended the commutation
Of the death penalty to imprisonment
for life because it believed, as the re-
suit of the examination of the tesli.
mony at the trial and dispositions fled
with the board recently, that the fatal
shooting followed a running fight be.
tween the two brothers. Among the
reasons submitted for his pardon was
the alleged unreliability of his moth
er and other relatives who testified
against him.
AT the regular meeting of the I.
o. Of o. F., Saturday evening, April
2, 1887, the following officers were in
stalled by T. F. Ritchey, D. d. IN:
N. g., Geo. B. Armstrong V. g., E.
S. Hnyt; Secretary, Geo. w. Sawyer;
Assistant Secretary, G. NJ. Shawkey
Treasurer, A. B. Kelly; r. s. N. g.,
Eli Holeman; L. S. N. G., @. Jamie.
son W., John D. Swailes; c., T. F.
Ritchey; R. S. s., Grant w. Kemble /;
L. S. s., NJ. Bruner; o. G., j. H.
Zones l. G., S. II. Haslet r. S. V.
e., P. NJ. Clark; L. S. V. G., F. A.
Wheeler; Rep. to Grand Lodge Eli.
Holeman; D. D. G.. NJ, ]. H. Fones.
It. D. Collins of Nebraska, re.
turned home from California on Fri.
day of last week. His son Everell,
will return in about weeks. From
the Oil City Blizzard we learn that
Mr.. I. D. Collins and his brother J.
V. Collins of Oil City, purchased, over
a year ago, a tract of $4,000 acres of
land in Lower California. The loca.
Iion is II miles from San Diego, and
comprises the larger portion of the
Tiajuana valley. 1t is all south of the
Mexican line. The lands have four
miles of sea coast trout. Lands
around San Diego, in acre lots, range
in value from $50 to $1,000 per acre
San Diego is we'll built city of 12,-
600 inhabitants. 1t is growing rapidly |
Since December last 25,000,000 feet
of timber from Oregon has been
brought there and sold. The land
bought by the Messrs. Collins is the
most fertile IN that section. The soil
is rich, and production and climate,
excellent.
Tuesday night two, men, one
named Buck from Clarion county, and
an Italian, stopped at Wheeler & Du.
senbury's boarding house at East
Hickory and wanted to stay over
night, clniming to be looking for work.
wednesday morning four trunks be.
longing to boarders we're gone through |
and from seventy-ive to one hundred
dollars taken, while a number of |
watches were left. The losses were
discovered about noon, and it was also
found that the Italian had disappeared. |
The boys were hot, and a search was
instituted as we'll as messages sent to
contiguous points. Some of the boys
came up to Tidioute or train so, re.
ceiving information here that their
man had gone across the bridge. They
started pell nell, caught man, but he
failed to be the one they wanted. The
Italian was captured at Warren the
same evening and last night was taken
to Tionesta. He got s65, to which he
confessed, and returned s42.12 to the
Constable who went up to Warren
after him. Tidioute Nelcs, April /.
Clarinuton Nofes